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The repository collected over more than six years represents a joint effort of the M4D Net Facilitation Team and the M4D Net members to make available to the wider community the latest findings in the field of migration and development with a view to filling potential knowledge gaps and move the migration and development agenda forward through evidence-based research.

The e-Library is searchable by keyword, document type, thematic area, focus area and year of publication. Being a member of the M4D Net Community also allows you to upload documentation that you wish to share with others through the e-Library.

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The International Organisation of Migration has published a new report outlining the remarkable potential of migration for development. While migration was absent from the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), the Sustainable Development Goal’s (SDGs) political declaration breaks new ground by recognising the “positive contribution of migrants for inclusive growth” and the “multi-dimensional reality” of migration.
Thus, this report highlights how migration can be inserted in several goals and targets of the SDGs, and considers how cities can contribute to the achievement of these goals....

These policy briefs were written in the framework of the Fourth Mayoral Forum on Human Mobility, Migration and Development.They highlight the importance of cities as innovative and effective policy-makers in the field of migrant inclusion. Indeed, local authorities are at the front lines of refugee and migrant reception and inclusion. While migration today is markedly urban, mayors and local authorities, as the level of government closest to the people, have the potential and the responsibility to create an enabling environment for inclusion, facilitating access to rights for both women and...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has published a new report about migrants’ remittances to their origin countries. This document finds out that migrants send 51% more money to their families in their origin countries than a decade ago. These remittances pull millions of people out of poverty. This additional income accounts for 60% of family’s household income, according to a new report, which also finds out that 200 million migrants are supporting some 800 million family members. This positive effect is especially important in rural areas, where 40% of the...

In this recent report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), Hanne Beirens and Susan Fratzke examine several resettlement programmes to hone in on the questions and tradeoffs that policymakers face when introducing new initiatives or scaling up existing efforts. In doing so, they are able to access some of their motivations and goals to resettle refugees, and point out gaps in data collection/analysis that ought to be remedied in order to make sure that policies are more effective.
Read the full report here.

ACP EU Migration Action published a new report emphasising the important role of remittances in development as they are a steady, reliable source of investment that helps millions of individuals and households to raise living standards. High cost and the obstacles to access affordable formal remittance channels are few examples. By proposing solutions as to improve domestic payment infrastructures and grant migrants access to new technologies, we contribute to creating an environment that benefits the lives of migrants, their families and communities.
Formal remittances to developing...

As a result of the “100RC Network Exchange: Cities and the Global Migration Crisis” that took place in Athens, Greece, in September 2016, a new report from 100 Resilient Cities entitled “Global Migration: Resilient Cities at the Forefront” provides practices and tools for cities - where the majority of migrants settle - to better adapt to global migration. Read the full report here.

The 2017 Annual Report on Integration and Migration, entitled “Opportunities in Crisis: The Future of Refugee Policy in Germany and Europe”, has been published by the Expert Council of German Foundations.
In the report, the proposals are made by the Council on how to further develop the refugee policy of the EU for better responsibility sharing. Additionally, an analysis on the new regulatations put in place in Germany in an effort to integrate refugees is preformed. Read about this and much more in the newly published report.
The English press release and the report’s core messages are now...

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